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Same request, larger items.", "default": false }, "fields": { "title": "Only these fields", "type": "array", "description": "Only these top-level columns, in this order (e.g. `[\"title\",\"url\",\"score\",\"answers\"]`). `id` is always kept: first, unless you list it elsewhere. Letter case is ignored, and a near miss with a single candidate (`titel`) is read as that column — both with a warning; a name that is not a column of the mode is skipped with a warning; if no name is a column, the run stops before any request with the list of valid names. Empty = all columns.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "key": { "title": "Stack Apps key (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Application key from https://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register. Without a key the API allows 300 requests a day per IP, shared with every other run leaving the same Apify IP; with a key, 10,000 a day. One request reads up to 100 questions with their answers." }, "minViews": { "title": "Min views", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only questions with at least this many views. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied)." }, "accepted": { "title": "Has accepted answer", "enum": [ "any", "yes", "no" ], "type": "string", "description": "`yes` = only questions with an accepted answer, `no` = only without. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied).", "default": "any" }, "nottagged": { "title": "Not tagged", "type": "string", "description": "Exclude questions having any of these tags (`;`-separated). Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied)." }, "title": { "title": "Title contains", "type": "string", "description": "Text that must appear in the title. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied)." }, "body": { "title": "Body contains", "type": "string", "description": "Text that must appear in the question body. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied)." }, "url": { "title": "Links to URL", "type": "string", "description": "Only questions whose body links to this URL (wildcards `*` allowed, e.g. `*.mycompany.com*`) — for docs and brand monitoring. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied)." }, "user": { "title": "Asked by user id", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Numeric user id of the asker. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied)." }, "closed": { "title": "Closed", "enum": [ "any", "yes", "no" ], "type": "string", "description": "`yes` = only closed questions, `no` = exclude closed. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied).", "default": "any" }, "migrated": { "title": "Migrated", "enum": [ "any", "yes", "no" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter questions migrated from another site. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied).", "default": "any" }, "notice": { "title": "Has post notice", "enum": [ "any", "yes", "no" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter questions with a post notice (e.g. bounty, needs details). Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied).", "default": "any" }, "wiki": { "title": "Community wiki", "enum": [ "any", "yes", "no" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter community-wiki questions. Search mode only — tag mode refuses it (it could not be applied).", "default": "any" }, "minAnswers": { "title": "Min answers", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only questions with at least this many answers. 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With any other sort the run stops before any request: the bound could not be applied." }, "sortMax": { "title": "Sort max", "pattern": "^(|-?\\d+|\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}([T ]\\d{2}:\\d{2}(:\\d{2}(\\.\\d{1,9})?)?([Zz]|[+-]\\d{2}:?\\d{2})?)?)$", "type": "string", "description": "Upper bound on the sort field (same rules as Sort min; a bare date includes that whole day)." }, "includeRelatedTags": { "title": "Include related tags", "type": "boolean", "description": "tagInfo mode: also fetch the top 30 co-occurring tags for each tag (one extra request per tag).", "default": false }, "bodyMaxLength": { "title": "Question body max chars", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Truncate the plain-text question body to this many characters (0 = no limit). 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